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Neil Degrasse Tyson

Accessory to War

The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military

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In this fascinating foray into the millennia-long relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist and the world's best science communicator (Times Literary Supplement) Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. The overlap is strong, and the knowledge flows in both directions, say the authors, because astrophysicists and military planners care about many of the same things: multi-spectral detection, ranging, tracking, imaging, high ground, nuclear fusion and access to space. Tyson and Lang call it a curiously complici… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Lang, Avis
  • ISBN: 978-0-393-06444-5
  • EAN: 9780393064445
  • Produktnummer: 26160753
  • Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
  • Seitenangabe: 448 S.
  • Masse: H24.3 cm x B16.9 cm x D3.8 cm 969 g
  • Gewicht: 969

Über den Autor


Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History, host of the hit radio and Emmy-nominated TV show StarTalk, and the New York Times best-selling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military. He lives in New York City.

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